SB Nation Baseball Awards: AL and NL Rookie of the Year

by Ray Guilfoyle on Nov 7, 2011 1:00 PM EST in Baseball

MINNEAPOLIS, MN - SEPTEMBER 21: Michael Pineda #36 of the Seattle Mariners delivers a pitch against the Minnesota Twins in the third inning on September 21, 2011 at Target Field in Minneapolis, Minnesota. (Photo by Hannah Foslien/Getty Images)

The baseball writers here at Baseball Nation and SB Nation got together to vote on the BBWAA awards that will be announced the week of November 14th, and today we announce the SB Nation AL and NL Rookie of the Year awards.

SB Nation Rookie of the Year

American League: Michael Pineda

National League: Craig Kimbrel

I submitted the Fake Teams ballot for the National League Rookie of the Year, and voted for Craig Kimbrel, Freddie Freeman and Danny Espinosa as my top 3 choices. Jason handled the AL ballot and voted for Eric Hosmer, Michael Pineda and Mark Trumbo as his top 3 choices on his ballot.

Check out the rest of the ballots after the jump:

National League Voting Results

Num	Name	1st	2nd	3rd	Total
1	Craig Kimbrel	22	4	2	124
2	Danny Espinosa	4	6	8	46
3	Freddie Freeman		8	3	27
4	Vance Worley	1	5	3	23
5	Wilson Ramos	1	2	5	16
6	Brandon Beachy		1	4	7
7	Corey Luebke		1		3
8	Lucas Duda		1		3
9	Mark Melancon			1	1
10	Allen Craig			1	1
11	Kenley Jansen			1	1

American League Voting Results

Num	Name	1st	2nd	3rd	Total
1	Michael Pineda	9	4	3	60
2	Eric Hosmer	5	4	3	40
3	Jeremy Hellickson	4	5	4	39
4	Dustin Ackley	1	5	3	23
5	Ivan Nova		5	5	20
6	Alexi Ogando	2	1		13
7	Mark Trumbo	1		3	8
8	Desmond Jennings	1		2	7
9	Brett Lawrie	1		1	6

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Did SB Nation get the AL and NL Rookie of the Year awards correct? If not, who is your ROY in each league.

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Fine with the overall winners

But I would change the top 3 for sure.

AL
1. Michael Pineda
2. Brett Lawrie
3, Alexei Ogando

NL
1. Craig Kimbrel
2. Brandon Beachy
3. Danny Espinosa

by dudedudedude on Nov 7, 2011 1:29 PM EST reply actions

Ogando is ineligible for the award

Nobody should have voted for him.

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Fake Teams

by Robert L. Bishop on Nov 7, 2011 3:46 PM EST up reply actions

How so?

by dudedudedude on Nov 7, 2011 5:13 PM EST up reply actions

More than 45 days on the 25-man roster prior to 2011

Link

Here’s Ogando’s game log from 2010, showing his presence for well over 45 days.

Coming Home Newcastle
Fake Teams

by Robert L. Bishop on Nov 7, 2011 7:52 PM EST up reply actions

No idea he was on there for so long

Weird that they didn’t use him much.

by dudedudedude on Nov 7, 2011 10:23 PM EST up reply actions

yes

that was caught yesterday afternoon after it was posted. Allen Craig was not eligible either.

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by Ray Guilfoyle on Nov 8, 2011 7:11 AM EST up reply actions

Trumbo 7th best??? what a joke...

did Jeff Sullivan stuff the ballot box or what?

Formerly known as AlohaHalofan

by Erick Danielsen on Nov 8, 2011 12:09 AM EST reply actions

Sullivan

writes for the Mariners, Trumbo plays for the Angels

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by Ray Guilfoyle on Nov 8, 2011 7:10 AM EST up reply actions

wow thanks Ray...

… my post was meant as slap to the voters. Mainly to those who voted for Pineda(hence my Sullivan comment…)Pineda fell off a cliff in the second half and most of these others guys had limited AB’s and will eligible for ROTY next season. Trumbo didn’t have the best K/BB ratios and whatever other advance stats that get people off nowadays, but he killed in traditional HR/RBI/Runs categories. I also don’t like the idea that someone that plays everyday is being clumped in with someone that plays once a week. The voters blew it.

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by Erick Danielsen on Nov 8, 2011 12:11 PM EST via mobile up reply actions